<?php
$img = 'test.jpg';
$base64_img = base64EncodeImage($img);
 
echo '<img src="' . $base64_img . '" />';
 
function base64EncodeImage ($image_file) {
    $base64_image = '';
    $image_info = getimagesize($image_file);
    $image_data = fread(fopen($image_file, 'r'), filesize($image_file));
    $base64_image = 'data:' . $image_info['mime'] . ';base64,' . chunk_split(base64_encode($image_data));
    return $base64_image;
}
?>